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Series Systems<br />

Such a configuration that failure of any system component causes<br />

failure of the entire system<br />

For a series system that consists N (independent) components the<br />

overall system failure rate is<br />

λ =<br />

N∑<br />

i=1<br />

λ i<br />

and, consequently,<br />

N∏<br />

R(t) = R i (t)<br />

i=1

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